Alex Sim

Senior Counsel
London
Alex Sim
Phone +44(0) 20 7090 3888
alex.sim@saughterandmay.com
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Recent work

Saughter and May is advising the members of Gleacher Shacklock on the sale of their interests to Perella Weinberg Partners
Saughter and May has advised Ørsted on its agreement to divest a 50% stake in Hornsea 3 to Apollo-managed funds
Saughter and May is advising Fidante on a new strategic partnership with Fulcrum Asset Management

Related insights

Podcast: Tax News: November 2025
In this episode, Zoe Andrews (Head of Tax Knowledge) is joined by Alex Sim (Associate) to discuss and provide their expert insights into tax developments, ranging from tax disputes to legislative and policy updates.
BLOG: Bringing an HMRC enquiry to conclusion
HMRC enquiries can be a frustrating process. There is no time limit for HMRC to complete an enquiry and enquires can continue for many years, with numerous requests for information. Compliance costs can mount and potentially awkward disclosures may need...
BLOG: How to respond to information requests from HMRC
A notice of enquiry will almost always be accompanied by a request for information. In the previous blog of this series on tax disputes in the UK, we discussed what to look out for when HMRC open an enquiry – and noted that enquiries often...
BLOG: Transfer pricing, permanent establishment and diverted profits tax reform – draft legislation
As we previously reported, on 28 April 2025 the UK government announced a technical consultation on draft legislation (the Draft Legislation) to reform the UK’s transfer pricing, permanent establishment (PE) and diverted profits tax (DPT) legislation....
Podcast: Tax News: October 2024
In this podcast, tax associate Alex Sim joins Zoe Andrews and Tanja Velling to discuss the Upper Tribunal’s decision in Muller on the interaction of certain provisions in the intangible fixed assets regime with the rules on the taxation of partnerships...
Back to basics: Partnership and SP D12
SP D12 is a useful guide as to how the CGT rules should be expected to apply to partnerships and it fills in important gaps in the legislation. However, in practice it can lead to some surprising results and its non-statutory footing can cause uncertainty...